Richard Wright "keep down this block"

Carpe Diem Special #124 Richard Wright's last haiku of this month

keep straight down this block,

then turn right where you will find

a peach tree blooming

© Richard Wright

walk across the yard

stop beside the old oak tree

smell the linden blossoms

drive down the old lane

past the pond and round the bend

mimosa in bloom 

Old Scarecrow's Hat Soliloquy No Renga Challenge

Carpe Diem Special #123, Richard Wright's 4th "the scarecrow's old hat"  Soliloquy No Renga

The scarecrow's old hat

Was flung by the winter wind

Into a graveyard.

© Richard Wright

momentarily teetering 

on an obelisk before dashing on

that old scarecrow’s hat

wheeling across the field

like a drunken sailor

dancing with the spirits

in wild abandonment

then pinned by the wind

against a picket fence

until happily plucked

by a scarecrow of a boy

and placed proudly on his head

Richard Wright on Autumn

Carpe Diem Ghost Writer #33 Richard Wright on Autumn by Jen of Blog It or Lose It

a few Richard Wright haiku I found

I feel autumn rain
Trying to explain something
I do not want to know.

A leaf chases wind
Across an autumn river
And shakes a pine tree.

Droning autumn rain:
A boy lines up toy soldiers
For a big battle.

My attempts at this prompt : Lots of cold wet poems:

hazy autumn moon

caught in the oak tree branches

with curls of white smoke

Image from http://songsoflight.typepad.com/

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November rain falls

leaves swirling in the gutter

puddles in the road

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cold November rain

changes to icy drizzle

soaks though my worn boots

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mid autumn evening

moonlight and raindrops glisten

light pools on pavement

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dreary November

rain strikes colored umbrellas

which dot the sidewalk

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bitter north wind blows
last of the dry autumn leaves
in mound at my feet